| PTBARNUM | US showman and circus promoter (1810-1891) (1,1,6) |
| BARNUM | PT ......, US showman and circus owner |
| TENTDRESSES | The circus promoters wore ___ |
| ACROBATS | A bishop among drunken actors and circus performers? |
| ANKARA | Canadian-born US showman, and artist, provides capital (6) |
| SCHUMANN | German composer, 1810-56 (8) |
| THREATEN | Menace in 1810 (8) |
| FREDERIC | -- Chopin, 1810-49, Polish composer (8) |
| HYDEPARK | Sydney's first racecourse, in 1810 (4,4) |
| CHLORINE | Chemical element discovered by Carl Wilhelm Scheele in 1774 but named by Sir Humphry Davy in 1810 (8) |
| COLOMBIA | Country in South America (456,535 sq miles; pop about 50 million), independent from Spain in 1810 (8) |
| JACOBSON | Israel ******** , German religious reformer who held the first Reform services in 1810 (8) |
| EVEL | ____ Knievel, US daredevil showman and stunt rider |
| ACTS | The limits to action sports and circus routines (4) |
| SPEARS | Womanizer and Circus singer, Britney _ (6) |
| STRONGMAN | Samson - Biblical character and circus performer? (9) |
| EFRON | Actor who appears in The Greatest Showman and Baywatch, Zac ___ (5) |
| ZAC | Efron of The Greatest Showman and The Greatest Beer Run Ever |
| REBECCA | _ Ferguson, actress whose films include The Greatest Showman and Dune (7) |
| TENTS | Pup and circus |
